Tim Russert has apparently died. Both the New York Times and the New York Post are reporting that he died today at 58 of a possible heart attack.
I’m stunned.
Update: Tom Brokaw now live on MSNBC announcing it. He died in the NBC News bureau in Washington.
What a sad day for journalism.
Tim Russert set a standard for news reporting and interviewing that led all of Washington to know that his program “Meet The Press†was a real chance for the public to gain insight into the guest on Sunday morning. Russert would be polite and allow for full and wide ranging answers, but he also understood the role that he held, and the responsibility that he owed to his audience. As such, there was never much wiggle room for a politician that failed to understand that questions deserved answers. And in the end even those who were feeling piqued by the questions knew that Russert was playing fair as a journalist.
Does anyone know the name of the music that is being played by MSNBC when they breal for commercial for the Time Russett tributes? Sounds liek something from Saving Private Ryan/
I’m still trying to figure out why his death is getting so much coverage and the deaths of our troops in Iraq so little.
well said, libhomo.